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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
enclosing a single upright seed with abundant perisperm (from 
megasporangial tissue) and reduced endosperm (from matured 
embryo sac). 
Official drug 
Cubeba 
Piper 
Kava N.F. 
Matico N.F. 
Part used 
Unripe fruit 
Unripe fruit 
Rhizome and roots 
Leaves 
Botanical name Habitat 
Piper Cubeba Borneo, Java, 
Sumatra 
Piper nigrum Cochin-China, 
India 
Piper methysticum South Sea Islands 
Piper angustifolium Peru, Bolivia 
Fig. 131. — Willow ( Salix ). Leafy branch, bearing two pistillate catkins. 
Staminate flower above, at the left; pistillate flower below, at the right. (Gager, 
after Britton and Brown.) 
II. Order Salicales. — Salicacece or Willow Family . — Shrubs or 
trees of temperate or cold regions, with upright woody stems. Bark 
often containing bitter principles (Salicin etc.). 
Leaves alternate, simple, entire, stipulate; stipules rarely green, 
persistent, usually functioning as winter bud-scales and falling in 
spring. 
